A Tavern Conquest of Oaths, Luck & Treachery
The Black Chalice is a dark-fantasy tavern game of risk, probability, and nerve. You play a wandering wagerer who travels from tavern to tavern, challenging the keepers of each hall to best-of-three wagers. Between you and your opponent sits the Chalice, filled with hidden Oaths — Blood and Wine. Pass it to your rival or drink from it yourself, weigh the odds as the Oaths are drawn one by one, and spend relics that bend fate to turn a losing table into a triumph. Sixteen hand-painted taverns stand between you and the legendary Black Chalice itself, each with its own challengers, its own boss, and a one-of-one champion chalice to claim — plus an Online Tavern where you duel rivals across the world, climb the leaderboard, and earn nine painted reward chalices.
The game is built for players who love pressing their luck: fans of strategy and probability games, of dark-fantasy worlds, and of tavern-table scheming. Every wager is a readable gamble — you always know how many Blood and Wine Oaths remain, never their order — so victory belongs to whoever reads the odds and their opponent best. Your conquest is saved per protagonist, synced to your account, and playable on the web or as a native iOS app.
The Black Chalice is independently developed and self-published by a small team of game developers and artists, with every tavern interior, champion chalice, and character rendered as unique, hand-crafted painted artwork.